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First Ward Wardroom

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At the time of the National Register of Historic Places nomination, these smaller windows were boarded up and the porch oriented to Fountain Street was bricked in with the buildings original materials. One original eight-panel door remained on the Blake Street entry porch, but the rest of the exterior details were extant, including the boarded pavilion pediment with "1st Ward" in raised lettering.
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and the lintels of the doors. The enclosed entry pavilion projects from the main block with two porches oriented to face Fountain Street and Blake Street. Three arched double hung windows with two-over-two sash run along the sides of the building with three smaller windows are in the entry pavilion.
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The First Ward Wardroom is significant as a historical reminder of the pivotal time in which Pawtucket was incorporated as a city and gave up its town-meeting form of governance. The building is also architecturally significant as a rare type of building, wardrooms, and is one of three extant
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being extant and the third example having been demolished. Though both constructed by William R. Walker & Son, the two Pawtucket wardrooms are related, but not identical in construction and show variations by the firm. Another wardroom, with a bungalow style, is located in the
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National Register of Historic Places nomination states that the interior of the building originally opened into a large meeting hall with some auxiliary service rooms at the rear of the building, but did not disclose any alterations made to the interior.
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and built in 1886, is one of only three ward halls (structures built by the city and used as polling places and meeting halls) to survive in the state. Since about 1920 it has been the Major Walter G. Gatchell Post No. 306 of the
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The Fifth Ward Wardroom was constructed and used as a polling place and meeting hall in a critical time when Pawtucket was incorporated as a city before becoming the Major Walter G. Gatchell Post No. 306 of the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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and constructed by S. Mason & H. A. Smith in 1886, the one story red brick
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course and the now painted grey brownstone stringcourse, window sills and
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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building is basically rectangular with a low-pitched gable-over-
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constructed three such structures in Pawtucket with the
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is a historic meeting hall at 171 Fountain Street in
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First Ward Wardroom is located in Rhode Island
First Ward Wardroom is located in the United States
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
41°53′7″N 71°22′41″W / 41.88528°N 71.37806°W / 41.88528; -71.37806
William R. Walker & Son
MPS
83003820
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
gable
hipped roof
William R. Walker & Son
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Register of Historic Places
William R. Walker & Son
Queen Anne style
hipped roof
sill
lintels
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William R. Walker & Son
Fifth Ward Wardroom
Cato Hill Historic District
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Pawtucket, Rhode Island


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